Cost of living comparison
Guinea is 9.8% more expensive than Finland.
If you lived in Guinea instead of Finland, you would:
pay 35.0% less for restaurants
Finland
|
Guinea
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$13.85
€12.85
|
$5.00
GNF42,926
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$9.97
€9.25
|
$10.77
GNF92,500
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$2.57
€2.38
|
$1.37
GNF11,800
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$1.92
€1.78
|
$1.20
GNF10,302
|
|
pay 12.9% more for groceries
Finland
|
Guinea
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$2.30
€2.13
|
$0.73
GNF6,277
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$3.73
€3.46
|
$9.28
GNF79,663
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$4.21
€3.91
|
$8.54
GNF73,311
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$2.94
€2.73
|
$2.27
GNF19,474
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$5.06
€4.69
|
$3.52
GNF30,180
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$1.00
€0.92
|
$1.08
GNF9,268
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.81
€0.75
|
$1.09
GNF9,369
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.93
€0.86
|
$0.70
GNF5,993
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$1.65
€1.53
|
$0.99
GNF8,522
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.56
€0.52
|
$0.74
GNF6,375
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.74
€0.69
|
$0.74
GNF6,375
|
|
pay 39.4% less for transportation
Finland
|
Guinea
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$7.87
€7.30
|
$4.77
GNF40,953
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$60.62
€56.24
|
?? | |
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$30,056.21
€27,884.65
|
?? | |
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$18.81
€17.45
|
?? | |
pay 51.0% more for housing
Finland
|
Guinea
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$22.06
€20.47
|
$90.45
GNF776,564
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$746.03
€692.13
|
$523.54
GNF4,494,664
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$620.54
€575.70
|
$387.45
GNF3,326,275
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$99.79
€92.58
|
$61.18
GNF525,209
|
|
pay 2.8 times more for childcare
Finland
|
Guinea
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$310.89
€288.43
|
$1,500.00
GNF12,877,727
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$7,564.54
€7,018.00
|
$6,389.60
GNF54,855,650
|
|
pay 50.4% less for entertainment and sports
Finland
|
Guinea
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$7.16
€6.64
|
$2.37
GNF20,376
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$4.25
€3.94
|
$2.00
GNF17,170
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$10.60
€9.83
|
$1.08
GNF9,283
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$43.05
€39.94
|
$55.02
GNF472,341
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$15.48
€14.36
|
$4.63
GNF39,778
|
|
pay 53.8% less for clothing
Finland
|
Guinea
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$76.46
€70.94
|
$20.00
GNF171,703
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$32.66
€30.30
|
$25.00
GNF214,629
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$83.52
€77.49
|
$30.00
GNF257,555
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$107.88
€100.08
|
$50.00
GNF429,258
|
|
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